The Pathway of Fire According to the Qabbalah: 'Ehjeh 'Aser 'Ehjeh, I am That I am

by (Āśram Vidyā Order) Raphael

Overview

This book is not an essay on the Qabbalah nor a historical study on its origins, but a synthetic presentation in the form of sutra-aphorisms in order to be able to "comprehend" and "realize" its teaching. The expression 'Ehjeh 'Aser 'Ehjeh, which means "I am That I am" or "Being is Being", represents the knowledge by identity. Therefore the Qabbalah, like any other traditional doctrine, does not constitute a simple learned knowledge but life experience.

The Hebrew term Qabbalah, which is equivalent to the the word Masôrah, means "reception" or "transmission", and represents the esoteric part of the Old Testament. This means that the Old Testament, besides having an external and exoteric function, has also a deeper and significant function which is internal and esoteric.

The symbol of the Qabbalah is the Sephirothic Tree in which are are summed up the indefinite expressive possibilities (Sephiroth) of the micro and macrocosm, beyond which there is the sphere of Ain Soph Aur (Absolute) which corresponds to the One-without-a-second (advaita), the unqualified Brahman (nirguna) of the Vedanta doctrine.

In view of the fact that the Qabbalah represents a complete teaching, above all RAPHAEL brings to light its metaphysical sphere (Ain Soph Aur) and the pathway taking to it: the "Pathway of Fire". That is the Pathway" that each disciple, to whatever branch he may belong to, must travel in order to realize the identity with his own Essence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931406147
Publisher:	Aurea Vidya
Publication date:	09/01/2012
Series:	Aurea Vidya Collection , #14
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Raphael having attained a synthesis of Knowledge (with which eclecticism or syncretism are not to be confused) aims at 'presenting' the Universal Tradition in its many Eastern and Western expressions. He has spent a substantial number of years writing and publishing books on spiritual experience, and his works include commentaries on the Qabbalah, Hermeticism and Alchemy. He has also commented on and compared the Orphic Tradition with the works of Plato, Parmenides and Plotinus. Furthermore, Raphael is the author of several books on the pathway of non-duality (Advaita), which he has translated from the original Sanskrit, offering commentaries on a number of key Vedantic texts. After more than sixty years of teaching, both oral and written, Raphael has withdrawn into mahasamadhi.

Table of Contents

Foreword

The Sephirothic Tree

Sex and Qabbålåh

States of Life

Sephirothic Columns and Triads

The Pathway of Fire

– Yesod

– Hod

– Nezach

Idea-Number-Name

The Way of Return

Chesed-Geburah-Tiphereth

Keter-Chokmah-Binah

Polarity

The Metaphysical Pathway

Raphael: Unity of Tradition